General News
10 December, 2024
Five generations for local family
Many people only learn about their great-grandparents or their great-great-grandparents through humorous tales and life lessons from senior relatives, but local Gladys Johnson can now say one of her great-great-grandchildren got to meet her.
Following the birth of Ayla in January of this year, the Johnson family has branched out to five living generations.
With much of the family now residing in Brisbane, Gladys travelled to the sunshine state last month with her son, Ian, for a family reunion and to meet her great-great-granddaughter for the first time.
The special moment was something Gladys believed would never come around.
“I never expected to be a great-great-grandmother but I like it — we just all got married young and it just happened,” she said.
“It took me a while to work it out and then I realised that it’s five generations.
“I have only seen Ayla once when we were up to Brisbane about a month ago when we had a big family reunion and it was beautiful.”
The latest addition to the family gives Gladys 34 junior ancestors with four children, 12 grand-children, 17 great-grandchildren, and now one great-great-grandchild.
Gladys said she always cherishes the fleeting time she spends with her family when they all get together.
“I think it’s lovely to have all the kids around me, I don’t really know how to explain it all but it feels good,” she said.
“Sometimes they all come down here but not a lot because they live in Brisbane and they all have young families but they all live near each other and we all keep in touch — we are a very close family.”